CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-36367

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 is vulnerable to privilege escalation caused by an invalid IBM i SQL services authorization check. A malicious actor can use the elevated privileges of another user profile to gain root access to the host operating system.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain root access on the host, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Apply IBM fixes for the relevant IBM i version to address the SQL services authorization check.

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Original NVD description (English source)

IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 is vulnerable to privilege escalation caused by an invalid IBM i SQL services authorization check. A malicious actor can use the elevated privileges of another user profile to gain root access to the host operating system.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS